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Don't fall into pretexting traps!

Read our comic to learn about pretexting, a social engineering technique that Finley, a cybecriminal, uses on their victim, Amari, to steal their #PersonalData and access their organisation’s systems.  

With AI, the digital landscape is evolving. As the data protection authority of the EU institutions and bodies, the EDPS aims to ensure that AI is integrated into day-to-day lives in a human-centered and sustainable way, respecting privacy and data protection principles.

Take a look at the steps we have taken to build a safer digital future for the EU and beyond.

The Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) proposal aims to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online and offline by detecting the dissemination of child sexual abuse material and grooming. Whilst there is a consensus about the paramount importance of this task, many stakeholders question the effectiveness, necessity and proportionality of the proposed measures.

In this briefing note we explain why the EDPS believes that in its current form, the CSAM proposal would fundamentally change the internet and digital communication as we know it, and that will be a point of no return.

The EDPS may decide to start an investigation when we have a strong suspicion of an infringement of data protection rules by an EUI.

The aim of the investigation is to check whether an infringement of the applicable data protection rules, in particular the EUDPR, has occurred and to establish its circumstances.

To find out more about the process of EDPS investigations, consult our Investigation Policy and Investigation Factsheet below.

As part of our work, the EDPS is consulted by EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (EUIs), their data protection officers, on their day-to-day activities with an impact on data protection and the processing of individuals’ data. We also process complaints made by individuals about how their personal data has been processed by an EUI.